The concept of war crimes is a recent one. Before World War II, it was generally ... were summarily executed or imprisoned. There was no structured approach to dealing with 'war crimes' nor ...

Finn notes, "World War II was the first major conflict in history ... which were also organized by MacArthur and resulted in the executions of Generals Yamashita and Homma, the Tokyo trials ...

The UN Mission for Human Rights Monitoring in Ukraine has confirmed 79 executions of Ukrainian prisoners of war by Russians ...

The remains of an American soldier killed in a Nazi war crime during World War II have been returned to the San Francisco Bay Area. U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Yuen Hop of Sebastopol was a waist gunner on a ...

"The execution of prisoners of war is a serious violation of the Geneva Convention relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War and is classified as a grave international crime. Investigative ...

BEIJING — China has executed two men who committed deadly attacks that killed dozens in November, raising concerns about a surge in what are called “revenge on society crimes,” state media ...

A newly discovered declassified document says the U.S. military ordered the remains of executed ... Class-B and C war criminals, however, were held in different parts of the world by seven ...

Finn notes, "World War II was the first major conflict in history ... which were also organized by MacArthur and resulted in the executions of Generals Yamashita and Homma, the Tokyo trials ...